I thought I was playing with one man. Turns out, I was being prepared for another. After leaving my cheating fiancé, I move North, where the winters are frosty, the summers bright, and all men look like Vikings—at least at the BDSM club I join. But one in particular catches my attention. Or I’m caught in his... Ulf, the leader of the group, is always at the club, watching whenever I play with his close friend Asbjörn. As an outsider, I’m not supposed to talk to Ulf. But words seem superfluous as he slowly draws me in, dominating me from a quiet distance, watching, and finding out what makes me tick. Little do I know that I’m being prepared for a secret ritual. The claiming ritual. This book is primarily written in the FMC’s POV, with a few MMC chapters. It has explicit content, including BDSM play, fear play, CNC, and exhibitionism/voyeurism.